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Over the course of the season, The Courant will look back at the coaches and players who were a part of UConn's first national championship team 20 years ago (1994-95 season). After the end of her playing career at Virginia in 1991, and one winter in Segovia, Spain, Tonya Cardoza retired from basketball and got started on what she believed was her life's mission. She began working in after-school programs because she wanted to be an elementary school teacher. "I had no interest in coaching at that point," Cardoza said. "I wasn't thinking about becoming a coach." But she was interested in staying in shape, which is what brought her to the local recreation...

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Over the course of the season, The Courant will look back at the coaches and players who were a part of UConn's first national championship team 20 years ago (1994-95 season).After the end of her playing career at Virginia in 1991, and one winter in...

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